Weaver colony dying

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Tritonspaceants
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Weaver colony dying

Post: # 97086Post Tritonspaceants
Sat Oct 22, 2022 10:36 pm

A few months ago,I caught a weaver ant queen(Incidentally,one week before AntsCanada caught the jade empress!) She founded a thriving ant colony with 15 workers. Now suddenly the ants have started to die out. Just the queen and one worker is alive. I am not sure what I need to do.. any advice would be highly appreciated!
Ants: Tetraponera Nigra queen(Queen Sesame). Ant keeping beginner!

SYUTEO
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Re: Weaver colony dying

Post: # 97089Post SYUTEO
Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:14 pm

What setup are you keeping them in? What are you feeding them?

Tritonspaceants
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Re: Weaver colony dying

Post: # 97090Post Tritonspaceants
Sun Oct 23, 2022 8:33 pm

I am keeping them in a glass terrarium with a few weeds and moneyplants.I feed them sugar and some insects,but they only ever seem to accept sugar and caterpillars.
Ants: Tetraponera Nigra queen(Queen Sesame). Ant keeping beginner!

SYUTEO
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Re: Weaver colony dying

Post: # 97098Post SYUTEO
Mon Oct 24, 2022 9:38 pm

Do they have a leaf nest? How much humidity is in the setup? Young colonies tend to be pickier than older colonies.

Tritonspaceants
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Re: Weaver colony dying

Post: # 97101Post Tritonspaceants
Tue Oct 25, 2022 1:10 am

They were in a leaf nest.The queen was not moving so I moved the queen,worker and one larva into a jar.Wondering how to move remaining larvae into jar
Ants: Tetraponera Nigra queen(Queen Sesame). Ant keeping beginner!

SYUTEO
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Re: Weaver colony dying

Post: # 97108Post SYUTEO
Tue Oct 25, 2022 9:19 pm

Weaver ants don't need too high of humidity. And do beware that they can sometimes accidentaly kill themselves via their own formic acid.

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